A1-125: Notes on two doucments relation to Sir Titus Salt Bart Sons & Co. Ltd.

Identifier: A1-125
Title: Notes on two doucments relation to Sir Titus Salt Bart Sons & Co. Ltd.
Type: reseach document
Date Created: 21st century, early
Creator: King, David
Description: Detailed notes on two original documents 'Memorandum and Suggestions',1883 and 'Statement and Scheme for reconstruction', 1892 relating to the Salt family business. The original documents are available as 2024.65 and 2024.66 (with a typewrtitten copy also availalbe at 2018.36.3).

Local historian David King gives a detailed interpretation of two key documents in the history of the Salt textile business and Saltaire. The first doucment is a suggestion for a financial reconstruction of Sir TItus Salt Barts. Sons & Co. Ltd to meet its liabilities. The second document describes the status of the company in 1892 when it was facing voluntary liquidation and being bought by a consortium of local businessmen inlcuding James Roberts.
Subject: Salts Mill; Textile industry; Business
Associated person or organisation: Sir Titus Salt Bart. Sons & Co Limited
Associated place or event: Salts Mill, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Source: Gift: King, David